Wednesday, June 19, 2013
 
 
Jury selection in Trayvon Martin murder case moves into final phase
By Barbara Liston

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The Florida murder trial to decide the fate of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman looks to be on track for lawyers to deliver opening statements and witnesses to begin testifying by next Monday.

Prosecutors and...
 
Analysis: Hospital investors sold on U.S. health reform despite bumps
By Susan Kelly

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform.

While some on W...
 
Mexico detains FBI Ten Most-Wanted fugitive in beach resort
CANCUN (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the FBI's 10 most-wanted list and faces sex crimes charges in the Philippines.

Walter Lee Williams, 64, was arrested in the southern beach resort of Playa del Carmen...
 
U.S. builders complain they can't find skilled carpenters
By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Where have all the carpenters gone? Home builders across the United States are scratching their heads for an answer as they struggle to assemble crews to keep up with growing demand.

In some parts of the country, the shortage o...
 
Accused Colorado theater gunman's lawyers seek psychiatric hospital video
By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - Attorneys for the former graduate student charged with shooting 12 moviegoers to death in a Denver-area theater last summer have renewed their bid for access to a videotape of their client at the hospital where he was undergoing psychiatric treatment.
 
United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace
By Mark Felsenthal, Warren Strobel and Hamid Shalizi

WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The United States and the Taliban raised hopes for a negotiated peace in Afghanistan with commitments to meet this week after 12 years of bloody and costly war between American-led forces and the insurgents.<...
 
California senators want more information on oil well 'acid jobs'
By Braden Reddall

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California state legislators on Tuesday told regulators and oil industry lobbyists they wanted more information about the use of acid to increase flows in wells in a technique that is used more often in the state than the controversial f...
 
Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, his employer said.

A statement from the...
 
Massachusetts police search NFL player's home in homicide probe: report
(Reuters) - Massachusetts State Police searched the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday as part of a probe into a suspected homicide, according to ABC News.

Hernandez was initially uncooperative with police after the body of a 27-year-old man was found in an i...
 
California judge irked by accused killer acting as own lawyer
By Ronnie Cohen

SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An accused California serial killer representing himself at his own murder trial drew a series of rebukes from the judge on the first day of testimony and was warned to obey procedural rules in court or risk losing the right to serve as hi...
 



WikiLeaks' Assange fears U.S., to stay on in London embassy
By Andrew Osborn

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London even if Sweden stops pursuing sexual assault claims against him because he fears arrest on the order of the United States.

In ...
 
Massachusetts Senate candidates spar on U.S. surveillance programs
By Scott Malone

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Republican underdog fighting for Massachusetts' open U.S. Senate seat in a Tuesday debate attacked his rival, a veteran Democratic congressman, over recently revealed programs in which federal agencies track Americans' use of phones and the In...
 
U.S. in danger of losing humanities, social sciences edge: panel
By Ian Simpson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is in danger of losing its advantage in the humanities and social sciences, just as China and other rivals move toward the U.S. model of a broad education in the liberal arts, a federal panel warned in a report to be released on Wedne...
 
New York state announces plan for board to help cash-strapped cities
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state lawmakers on Tuesday announced plans to create a financial restructuring board and binding arbitration process to help struggling municipalities manage their finances.

The legislation, which will be taken up by the state legislature soon, is designed to ...
 
WikiLeaks' Assange fears U.S., says will stay in London embassy
By Andrew Osborn

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London even if Sweden stops pursuing sexual assault claims against him because he fears arrest on the order of the United States.

In ...
 
Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing couple in robbery
By Heide Brandes

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma executed a man on Tuesday convicted of stabbing an elderly couple to death during a robbery in 2000 that netted about $73, some of which he and convicted accomplices used to buy tacos.

James Lewis DeRosa was pronounc...
 
Pentagon unveils plans for moving women into combat roles
By David Alexander and Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. military official declared the days of Rambo are over as the Pentagon unveiled its plans on Tuesday for integrating women into combat infantry positions following 12 years of war in which they fought and died in Iraq a...
 
Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 U.S. states
By P.J. Huffstutter

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed.

The virus now has spread to 13 states - with more ...
 
Colorado wildfire destroys more than 500 homes, new blazes menace West
By Keith Coffman and Alex Dobuzinskis

DENVER/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighborhoods, and other threatening blazes grew in Alaska an...
 
Massachusetts Senate candidates spar on surveillance programs
By Scott Malone

BOSTON (Reuters) - The candidates fighting for Massachusetts' open seat in the U.S. Senate staked out contrasting positions on recent revelations that the National Security Agency was tracking Americans' use of phones and the Internet in a debate on Tuesday.

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